It's a small world!

Last Sunday, we journeyed to the resort town of St. Jean de Mont which is about three hours north of La Rochelle on the Atlantic coast. We went there to rendez-vous with friends who traveled from Australia, Patricia and Christophe.

Forty years ago, Patricia and I met at Mills College. We were fast friends then and managed to stay connected over the decades as we both moved to other U.S. states and countries. We joked that this meeting marked our fourth continent together!

I like serendipity. I wrote to Patricia earlier in the summer to let her know I was visiting her place of birth. Her response was, "Ooh la la. We must meet." It turned out that she and her husband Christophe were planning to visit family in France later in the summer.

Our short time together was a blast and Christophe summed it up nicely. "Such a warm get together...bringing each other up to date on what has been happening in our respective lives during the past three years."

As we parted, we all agreed there was never enough time to share everything, but we will continue where we left off at our next rendez-vous...perhaps on yet another continent.